1923 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersTy Cobb
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The 1923 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83–71, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 54 0.645 — 46–30 52–24
Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 16 45–32 38–39
Cleveland Indians 82 71 0.536 16½ 42–36 40–35
Washington Senators 75 78 0.490 23½ 43–34 32–44
St. Louis Browns 74 78 0.487 24 40–36 34–42
Philadelphia Athletics 69 83 0.454 29 34–41 35–42
Chicago White Sox 69 85 0.448 30 30–45 39–40
Boston Red Sox 61 91 0.401 37 37–40 24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 9–13 10–12 10–12–1 8–14 13–7 4–18–1 7–15
Chicago 13–9 — 9–13 9–13 7–15 10–12 11–11–1 10–12–1
Cleveland 12–10 13–9 — 9–13 12–10 12–10 14–8 10–11
Detroit 12–10–1 13–9 13–9 — 10–12 12–10 12–10 11–11
New York 14–8 15–7 10–12 12–10 — 16–6 15–5 16–6
Philadelphia 7–13 12–10 10–12 10–12 6–16 — 9–13 15–7–1
St. Louis 18–4–1 11–11–1 8–14 10–12 5–15 13–9 — 9–13
Washington 15–7 12–10–1 11–10 11–11 6–16 7–15–1 13–9 —


Roster

1923 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Johnny Bassler 135 383 114 .298 0 49
1B Lu Blue 129 504 143 .284 1 46
2B Fred Haney 142 503 142 .282 4 67
SS Topper Rigney 129 470 148 .315 1 74
3B Bob Jones 100 372 93 .250 1 40
OF Harry Heilmann 144 524 211 .403 18 115
OF Ty Cobb 145 556 189 .340 6 88
OF Bobby Veach 114 293 94 .321 2 39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Heinie Manush 109 308 103 .334 4 54
Del Pratt 101 297 92 .310 0 40
Bob Fothergill 101 241 76 .315 1 49
Larry Woodall 71 148 41 .277 1 19
George Cutshaw 45 143 32 .224 0 13
John Kerr 19 42 9 .214 0 1
Clyde Manion 23 22 3 .136 0 2
Les Burke 7 10 1 .100 0 2
Ira Flagstead 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Fred Carisch 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hooks Dauss 50 316.0 21 13 3.62 105
Herman Pillette 47 250.1 14 19 3.85 64
Rip Collins 17 92.1 3 7 4.87 25

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken Holloway 42 194.0 11 10 4.45 55
Syl Johnson 37 176.1 12 7 3.98 93
Bert Cole 52 163.0 13 5 4.14 32
Ray Francis 33 79.1 5 8 4.42 27
Earl Whitehill 8 33.0 2 0 2.73 19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ole Olsen 17 1 1 0 6.31 12
Ed Wells 7 0 0 0 5.40 6
Rufe Clarke 5 1 1 0 4.50 2
Roy Moore 3 0 0 1 3.00 7

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1923 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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